irish conker championship 2009
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I said I’d go to Freshford to compete in The Irish Conker Championships …and I did. How did I get on…? Absolutely 110% had an amazing time…. 
I loved every second of it…
How did I get on in the competition….? Honestly? K.O. ‘d in the first round
I hadn’t trained….
Is it serious stuff…? On one hand, the conker must be 8″ from the finger and the lace twice wrapped…. the fact that I was beat by last years champ; the fact that his sister Aileen won it this year… You may think so.
There is the other side where all the monies raised goes to charity and when I arrived down there on Saturday evening… within 3 minutes of arriving I was involved in a team of about 18 people putting up a marquee….
My advice…. book a b&b. Get your socks down to Freshford and literally have the craic. If you do manage to get involved, get to the ceilí, to the flower show, get a donkey ride…. [the list goes on....] and more important meet the amazing people all in the name of conkers… well, how bad can life be
Here’s how I managed to get knocked out…. literally 
These are just some of the amazing people I met over the weekend…. thank you all. It was an absolute honour. I have some more images over here
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